Kudo's. !!!!

Kudo's

Despite the cultural misconception that cities are horrible environments where no wildlife can thrive, in a world where more than 1 million species are at risk of extinction, we are seeing that larger corporations are now embracing more than energy and resource efficiency endeavours. Cities are creating more green spaces, residents are participating in a variety of ways, business are rising to the challenge and schools are jumping on board too. 

Green roofs, green screens, green walls, backyard gardens, indoor gardens, hanging baskets, tree planting and balcony gardens all play a huge role in nature coming back to the city. These little green islands have helped butterflies, birds and pollinators survive, and in some cases - recover and thrive.

There's a hotel I want to mention (I've forgotten the name of it now) located in Singapore, where they have built a huge, beautiful tiered outdoor garden space that their staff and clients enjoy in person or by viewing it from their rooms. It sets this hotel apart from others and their action may just inspire other hotels to follow suit. I recall a hotel in Vernon (BC, CA) where they installed an indoor garden space including a running creek - this green space ran like a ribbon between dining areas and was such an attractive place to visit; it was quite popular. Kelowna (BC, CA) also had a falcon rehabilitation project via habitat creation, bird houses and monitoring systems, with promising success. 

Schools and businesses are embracing small food production gardens to supplement what their cafeteria serves, sharing the excess with the staff. Restaurants too are using their own gardens, or local farmers' harvests, and this brings a great deal of flavour, variety and interest to what they can serve while supporting local farmers. 

Citizen Science projects are definitely helping improve the impressive rebound in the health of cities. Community programs and residential efforts ranging from bat/bird/butterfly house projects to pollinator gardens are bringing back these endangered creatures. 

The city of Austin (TX, USA) has an impressive number of wildlife habitats, monarch butterfly rehabilitation efforts while Atlanta (GA, USA) has focused their efforts on urban, residential and commercial green-spaces and tree planting projects.

Other cities like Seattle (WA, USA) are focusing on restoring former or neglected green spaces and protecting rivers and creeks. Here in Creston (BC, CA) we are seeing restoration of existing park areas, increased community garden spaces, downtown plantings, trail and recreation areas featuring green spaces, water conservation and wetland protection projects in place. 

Today, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the many efforts taking place every day and to celebrate the impressive comeback we are seeing because of these changes. 

Thank you - everyone - for every little thing you do to make the world a better place :)

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